Jewel, Ty Murray become proud parents

Jewel and Ty Murray arrive at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards held at Staples Center on Feb. 13 in Los Angeles.

Singer Jewel is a first-time mother after giving birth to a baby boy in Texas on Monday evening.

The musician and her rodeo star husband Ty Murray are the proud parents of little Kase Townes Murray, who weighed in at 7 pounds, 6 ounces.

Jewel tells People.com, “Ty and I are so pleased to welcome our new baby boy into the world. We are overcome with happiness – it really is as great as everyone told us it would be – better even!”

The Grammy-nominated singer, 36, who had struggled to conceive, was hit by a fire truck in March at five months pregnant. She was released from the hospital after tests concluded she and her unborn child were unharmed.

The couple, who live on a 2,200-acre farm in Stephenville, Texas, have spent the spring converting a guest room in their home into a nursery. Jewel has also been working on a new children’s album, The Merry Goes ‘Round, out in August.

The stars had been trying for a baby since 2009, following their wedding the previous year.